This has been an annoying week. I probably shouldn’t be writing this right now. I’m aggravated. March still hasn’t shaped up to be what I was hoping for, but it hasn’t been horrible. I’m keeping my head up and pushing forward. I’m trying to stay open to the possibility of the unknown and letting the universe send me on an adventure. After all I don’t have a choice, but I do have the ability to choose how I handle myself and what effect I let it have on me. That my friend is a gift!
This March I learned that:
10. it has become a norm to Facetime regardless of who is around or where you are in relation to anyone. ( So, annoying. I had a mom do this at my kid’s basketball game over the Summer, over and over again. This week someone sitting next to us on the train felt the need to talk to their girlfriend on Facetime. Clueless of everyone or not caring about any one around them. Why?)
9. the talk to text comes a close second as being incredibly annoying as well. ( I find this more common in the over 50 set. Still annoying, especially on the train. I do not need to know that your Aunt makes a great corned beef and cabbage. Obviously, a conversation/talk to text that could wait perhaps.)
8. I’m mature enough to make it through an entire Broadway show sitting next to someone wearing a ton of cheap fragrance and not freak out. ( I did have an allergy attack, as well as the guy sitting behind us, and a bloody nose because of it. Please don’t wear fragrance to the theater.)
7. they sell Pringles at the theater on Broadway. ( They might as well sell popcorn. The crunching- seriously? Although I did smuggle in cheese,prosciutto, and mini bread. My bad, but it was so good and distracted me from the crunching!)
6. first impressions don’t always reveal a person’s best side. ( I formed an opinion of someone after meeting them 2 times. I was not looking forward to working with them again, but I was wrong. People have many layers. I need to try to be less judgemental and more open. )
5. you will be far less disappointed in people when you have learned not to expect anything from them. ( It’s true. While I’m still disappointed, I’m not surprised.)
4. there are just some things that don’t need to be played out on Facebook. ( Ugh….show some impulse control. Your kids are watching.)
3. a smile can make all the difference. ( I’ve been annoyed most the week, but I found that if I smile at someone and they respond, it makes me feel good even though I might not be feeling that great.)
2. it is hard to walk away from something that you have worked so hard on. ( Sometimes the best thing for you to do is to pack it up and start over. This is the scary part.)
1. all these small things that annoy me are just small things in the big realm of things. ( I’m still allowed to get annoyed, but I can also not let these things ruin my day. Everyday I’m growing and learning not to sweat the small stuff. Sometimes all you need to do is tell someone about it and laugh!)
Uncle Wally says
Re #10 & #9: You know how you’re at a dance and there is always someone who has to bring their drink with them while they rock out? It gets even worse in this day and age. I was out on a party cruise Saturday night and these two young women hit the dance floor: each with a drink in one hand and their cell phone in the other and they were slowly gyrating to a fast dance and sipping beer and taking selfies with their other hand for not one, but several songs on the uber crowded dance floor. They weren’t even dancing with each other, but each one was in their own little digital world where it’s more important what you look like online, than the social interactions you’re having in real life! I always found holding onto drinks while you’re dancing annoying and thought that usually guys held on to their drinks as a crutch because they couldn’t move well, but these two young women brought this to a new extreme with their drinks and cell phones. First of all they were taking up extra space on a crowded floor with their arms outstretched so they could capture a moment every few seconds and then capture a video of themselves drinking and dancing. No doubt the shots went right up on Facebook and they were bragging what a good them they were having cruising around Manhattan despite the fact that no men were dancing with them. Every time I ran into these two on the boat they were with their phones taking selfies and not even of each other, but of themselves. Despite being physically attractive, I’m not surprised they were dateless!